Issue 89952

Summary: DataPilot: Disabled option in "Select Source" dialog disturbs user
Product: Calc Reporter: niederbayern <eva-email>
Component: uiAssignee: AOO issues mailing list <issues>
Status: CONFIRMED --- QA Contact:
Severity: Trivial    
Priority: P3 CC: elish, issues
Version: OOo 2.4.0Keywords: usability
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT Latest Confirmation in: 4.1.0-dev
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Screenshot showing disabled option in DataPilots first dialog none

Description niederbayern 2008-05-26 09:45:44 UTC 
The first dialog of DataPilot shows an option "External source/interface". This
option is disabled. (See the attached screenshot.)

According to online help, the third option is meant for creating a DataPilot
from OLAP. It is disabled since there is no implementation of the UNO service
com.sun.star.sheet.DataPilotSource.

Also see statement of NN here:
http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=21694

Average users do not understand this. Support personell are being frequently
asked questions like: "Why isn´t it possible to use external data for
DataPilot?" It is possible, of course. The third option ist not necessary for
that. But users become disturbed by the disabled option, that makes one beleive,
using of external sources is not possible for some unknown reason.

Suggestion: Either change the third option from disabled to invisible as long as
the preconditions for its use are not given. Or change its label to "Other
external source/interface", in order not to make users beleive the disabled
option is the only way to analyse data outside of a spreadsheet.

In addition clarify this context in online help.
Comment 1 niederbayern 2008-05-26 09:47:40 UTC 
Created attachment 53933 [details]
Screenshot showing disabled option in DataPilots first dialog
Comment 2 oc 2008-07-15 10:45:15 UTC 
reassigning features and enhancements to user requirements@openoffice.org which
will be the default owner for those tasks (was introduced some time ago)
Comment 3 Edwin Sharp 2014-01-12 12:44:52 UTC 
Confirmed with
AOO410m1(Build:9750)  -  Rev. 1555399
2014-01-06_04:13:46 - Rev. 1555657
Debian